Scheiterhaufen (Austrian Bread Pudding)

Name: Scheiterhaufen (Austrian Bread Pudding)
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 17.5 oz (500 g) stale white bread; 2 apples; 2 peaches; 4 tbsp (60 g) refined sugar; 1 pinch ground cinnamon; 2 cups (½ L) milk; 4 eggs; 4 tsp (20 ml) rum or a few drops of rum aroma; 1 tbsp butter

Scheiterhaufen (literally "funeral pyre" or "stake") is a type of traditional sweet dish in Austria and Southern Germany.

60 min · serves 6

Ingredients

17.5 oz (500 g) stale white bread
2 apples
2 peaches
4 tbsp (60 g) refined sugar
1 pinch ground cinnamon
2 cups (½ L) milk
4 eggs
4 tsp (20 ml) rum or a few drops of rum aroma
1 tbsp butter

Steps

Wash the apples and peaches, and peel them if desired. Cut them into slices approximately ¼ inch (1 cm) thick.
Cut the bread into slices about the same size as the fruit.
Pour the milk into a bowl and add the eggs. Mix well. Then take the slices of bread and let them soak in the mixture for a few seconds. This will take longer if you use stale rather than fresh bread.
Mix the refined sugar and the cinnamon in a cup or a small bowl.
Grease an ovenproof dish, then layer the slices, bread, and fruit alternately in the dish. Sprinkle a bit of the sugar-cinnamon mixture on top of every layer. For the best result, start and end with a layer of bread. You can decide whether you want an apple and a peach layer or whether you would like to mix the different kinds of fruit.
Scatter a few flakes of butter on top, and put the dish into the oven for 45 minutes at 180°C/350°F.
Enjoy!

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Adapted from “Scheiterhaufen (Austrian Bread Pudding)” in the Wikibooks Cookbook by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reformatted for this site; this page's recipe text is shared under the same license.